Last year for the first time I did a mid-year round up of what I had seen thusfar and it seemed to have sparked some issues on the internet, mostly because I was right and you guys are always wrong. But something about it made me thing last night — maybe I should do that again. So here we go. With little discussion and just saying “hey check these out if you’ve missed them so far” with the films of 2014 at our midway point now…

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel (dir. Wes Anderson)

2. The Raid 2: Berandal (dir. Gareth Evans)

3. Noah (dir. Darren Aronofsky)

4. Like Father, Like Son (dir. Hirokazu Koreeda)

5. 22 Jump Street (dir. Phil Lord & Chris Miller)

6. How To Train Your Dragon 2 (dir. Dean DeBlois)

7. Blue Ruin (dir. Jeremy Saulnier)

8. The Lunchbox (dir. Ritesh Batra)

9. The Sacrament (dir. Ti West)

10. The LEGO Movie (dir. Phil Lord & Chris Miller)

What’s on your Top Ten So Far?